Griffin - Nifter is correct, not you —> The 1D thinking is blaming the west for Russia invading Ukraine.
Nope - if you had been following Putin’s actions since the early 2000s, it has all been leading to this — the only difference is that Putin this time didn’t use salami tactics, but hubris got the better of him and he tried to decapitate Ukraine. And failed.
Yes, Putin’s usual method was to just create violence in Russian “ethnic areas” of other countries, as an excuse for his army to have to invade in order to “protect ethnic Russians” from the violent conflicts that he instigated.
That did well in creating little forward bases in these various countries, but none of them succeeded in toppling the whole country and giving Putin a real expansion. So he tried to take a bigger bite this time, but it was more than he could chew.
Nope. If you’ve been following corrupt western world/NATO actions...